My problem is still the same. I put in the same or similar settings that Bob said into Aperture and I am coming up with nothing like that. In fact, it's worse than what I uploaded before.

May be you should give a more detailed description of how you worked on the file, may be even with screenshots. That would help to identify any possible mistakes you are making. Aperture is not a crаррy converter, it may not be the best there is, but it's adequate for most purposes.